Showing posts with label healthcare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label healthcare. Show all posts
Tuesday
Grayson introduces PUBLIC OPTION bill!!! YES! [fist pump]
Bill Opens Up Medicare To Anyone Who Can Pay For It . . . from his website:
"Congressman Alan Grayson (FL-8) today introduced a bill (H.R. 4789) which would give the option to buy into Medicare to every citizen of the United States. The “Public Option Act,” also known as the “Medicare You Can Buy Into Act,” would open up the Medicare network to anyone who can pay for it.
Tuesday
GO MASS! or Don't Let Prayer and Horses Fool You
Today's the day, Massachusetts, be strong, be brave and don't be fooled by the big white guy with a pick-up truck and a third-grade grasp of American History.
AND --
AND!! let this be a warning to the Obama Admin., that if the Dems can't even pass this watered-down limp useless bill, THEY HAVE FAILED THE POPULARITY CONTEST.
and unfortunately, that's what it is. That and a blizzard of lies. The Dems have lost control of their message. Lost control to TEABAGGING. It was that easy.
I'm accepting ideas on how make Most Americans understand that they will never be Millionaires, and that the FLUFFY, SHINY logos of their favorite companies are the SEALS ON THE TOMB OF THE MIDDLE CLASS.
Anyone?
AND --
AND!! let this be a warning to the Obama Admin., that if the Dems can't even pass this watered-down limp useless bill, THEY HAVE FAILED THE POPULARITY CONTEST.
and unfortunately, that's what it is. That and a blizzard of lies. The Dems have lost control of their message. Lost control to TEABAGGING. It was that easy.
I'm accepting ideas on how make Most Americans understand that they will never be Millionaires, and that the FLUFFY, SHINY logos of their favorite companies are the SEALS ON THE TOMB OF THE MIDDLE CLASS.
Anyone?
Thursday
DO NOT BUY IT!! I'm mad as hell.
Keith does it again. Amazing. Please watch in it's entirety and SHARE!!
"You have just agreed to purchase a product. If you do not, you will be breaking the law and subject to a fine. You have no control over how much you will pay for the product. The government will have virtually no control over how much the company will charge for the product. "
Wednesday
Horrible news from the Healthcare Debate
Some horrible news for the fight for logical, moral, feasible healthcare from the Senate. WHERE IS THE PUBLIC OPTION?
"Says Dean: "No, absolutely not. You can't vote for a bill like this in good conscience. It costs too much money. It isn't health care reform. It's not even insurance reform."
"You're going to be forced to buy health insurance from a company that takes, on average, 27% of your money so they can pay CEOs $20 Million a year . . . and thee's no choice about that."
Said Dean on NPR earlier: “This is essentially the collapse of health care reform in the United States Senate. Honestly the best thing to do right now is kill the Senate bill, go back to the House, start the reconciliation process, where you only need 51 votes and it would be a much simpler bill.”"
Somebody tell Joe Leiberman to quit it. This is a disaster."You're going to be forced to buy health insurance from a company that takes, on average, 27% of your money so they can pay CEOs $20 Million a year . . . and thee's no choice about that."
Said Dean on NPR earlier: “This is essentially the collapse of health care reform in the United States Senate. Honestly the best thing to do right now is kill the Senate bill, go back to the House, start the reconciliation process, where you only need 51 votes and it would be a much simpler bill.”"
Over my dead body. Literally.
The Catholic Church has issued an "Ethical and Religious Doctrine" banning the removal of feeding tubes under any condition in every Catholic Hospital, Nursing Home and Hospice. From firedoglake:
"The Bishops’ directive even notes that patient suffering is redemptive and brings the individual closer to Christ."
The kicker is that nothing -- not a signed will, not family, not government can intervene. In many communities, Catholic health services are the ONLY health services. So their religion is determining my rights. Time to stop government funding, if you ask me. Read the whole insane inhumane medieval story HERE.
Tuesday
GOP cements it's adherence to it's losing party line
From the NY Times, a memo is being circulated by top GOP leaders to clarify their conservative agenda.
(1) We support smaller government, smaller national debt, lower deficits and lower taxes by opposing bills like Obama’s “stimulus” bill;
[We hate socialist programs like street cleaning and education. We prefer wiretaps and wars.]
(2) We support market-based health care reform and oppose Obama-style government run health care;
[We are in the gauzy pockets of big pharma and big insurance. It's cozy.]
(3) We support market-based energy reforms by opposing cap and trade legislation;
[We are in the hot slick pockets of big energy. Smell those profits?]
(4) We support workers’ right to secret ballot by opposing card check;
[We support making it as hard as possible for workers to unionize, which is good for ... um ... EVERYBODY, right?]
(5) We support legal immigration and assimilation into American society by opposing amnesty for illegal immigrants;
[Despite Regan's signing of the largest amnesty bill in US history, the new Republican is now more terrified than ever of brown people. Even if they believe in Jesus.]
(6) We support victory in Iraq and Afghanistan by supporting military-recommended troop surges;
[How can anyone not love the ROMANCE of our boys and girls shipping out over and over again to maintain an ineffective "calm" in the middle east? It's SO AMERICAN!]
(7) We support containment of Iran and North Korea, particularly effective action to eliminate their nuclear weapons threat;
[Diplomacy is for sissies, creating generations of America-haters is much better for the future of the Military Industrial Complex.]
(8) We support retention of the Defense of Marriage Act;
[Gay people are immoral second-class citizens. Now where's my Grand Theft Auto? I want to simulate beating women and shooting cops.]
(9) We support protecting the lives of vulnerable persons by opposing health care rationing and denial of health care and government funding of abortion;
[We're scared of death, we're scared of choice, we're scared of change, and to protect ourselves from all this . . . ]
(10) We support the right to keep and bear arms by opposing government restrictions on gun ownership.
[You'll have to pry it from my cold dead hands. Or the hands of my cold dead child. Or the hands of a cold dead innocent bystander. Or the hands of a tax-paying terrified cold dead Iranian-American shopkeeper. Or the hands of a cold dead social worker. I could go on.]
"According to the resolution, any Republican candidate who broke with the party on three or more of these issues– in votes cast, public statements made or answering a questionnaire – would be penalized by being denied party funds or the party endorsement. The proposed resolution was signed by 10 Republican national committee members and was distributed on Monday morning. They are asking for the resolution to be debated when Republicans gather for their winter meeting."
Here is the resolution’s list, with my explanations in red for clarity:(1) We support smaller government, smaller national debt, lower deficits and lower taxes by opposing bills like Obama’s “stimulus” bill;
[We hate socialist programs like street cleaning and education. We prefer wiretaps and wars.]
(2) We support market-based health care reform and oppose Obama-style government run health care;
[We are in the gauzy pockets of big pharma and big insurance. It's cozy.]
(3) We support market-based energy reforms by opposing cap and trade legislation;
[We are in the hot slick pockets of big energy. Smell those profits?]
(4) We support workers’ right to secret ballot by opposing card check;
[We support making it as hard as possible for workers to unionize, which is good for ... um ... EVERYBODY, right?]
(5) We support legal immigration and assimilation into American society by opposing amnesty for illegal immigrants;
[Despite Regan's signing of the largest amnesty bill in US history, the new Republican is now more terrified than ever of brown people. Even if they believe in Jesus.]
(6) We support victory in Iraq and Afghanistan by supporting military-recommended troop surges;
[How can anyone not love the ROMANCE of our boys and girls shipping out over and over again to maintain an ineffective "calm" in the middle east? It's SO AMERICAN!]
(7) We support containment of Iran and North Korea, particularly effective action to eliminate their nuclear weapons threat;
[Diplomacy is for sissies, creating generations of America-haters is much better for the future of the Military Industrial Complex.]
(8) We support retention of the Defense of Marriage Act;
[Gay people are immoral second-class citizens. Now where's my Grand Theft Auto? I want to simulate beating women and shooting cops.]
(9) We support protecting the lives of vulnerable persons by opposing health care rationing and denial of health care and government funding of abortion;
[We're scared of death, we're scared of choice, we're scared of change, and to protect ourselves from all this . . . ]
(10) We support the right to keep and bear arms by opposing government restrictions on gun ownership.
[You'll have to pry it from my cold dead hands. Or the hands of my cold dead child. Or the hands of a cold dead innocent bystander. Or the hands of a tax-paying terrified cold dead Iranian-American shopkeeper. Or the hands of a cold dead social worker. I could go on.]
Monday
Put your hands together for WHAT?
Holy crap, check it HERE.
"Leaders of the Church of Christ, Scientist, are pushing a proposal that would help patients pay someone like Lewis for prayer by having insurers reimburse the $20 to $40 cost.
The provision was stripped from the bill the House passed this month, and church leaders are trying to get it inserted into the Senate version. And the church has powerful allies there, including Sens. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), who represents the state where the church is based, and Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), who said the provision would "ensure that health-care reform law does not discriminate against any religion.""
Now I'm all for regrouping and looking inward every so often, and if it helps to still your hands from action by folding them together -- then be my guest, but if I can't get coverage for a massage, then you can't get reimbursed for your magic.
The provision was stripped from the bill the House passed this month, and church leaders are trying to get it inserted into the Senate version. And the church has powerful allies there, including Sens. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), who represents the state where the church is based, and Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), who said the provision would "ensure that health-care reform law does not discriminate against any religion.""
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